CATECHISED | • catechised v. Simple past tense and past participle of catechise. • CATECHISE v. to instruct in the catechism, also CATECHIZE. |
CATECHIZED | • catechized v. Simple past tense and past participle of catechize. • CATECHIZE v. to instruct in the catechism, also CATECHISE. |
CATHODICAL | • CATHODICAL adj. relating to a cathode, also CATHODAL, CATHODIC, KATHODAL, KATHODIC. |
CHANCROIDS | • chancroids n. Plural of chancroid. • CHANCROID n. a type of venereal sore. |
CHICKADEES | • chickadees n. Plural of chickadee. • CHICKADEE n. a North American bird of the titmouse family. |
CHILDCARES | • childcares n. Plural of childcare. • CHILDCARE n. care of children, esp. as professionally provided. |
CLARICHORD | • clarichord n. An old musical instrument in the form of a spinet; the manichord or clavichord. • CLARICHORD n. an old keyboard stringed instrument in which the tangent striking the string and producing the sound also determines the vibrating length, also CLAVICHORD. |
CLAVICHORD | • clavichord n. (Music) An early keyboard instrument producing a soft sound by means of metal blades (called tangents)… • CLAVICHORD n. an old keyboard stringed instrument, also CLARICHORD. |
CONCHOIDAL | • conchoidal adj. (Mathematics) Of or pertaining to a conchoid; that may be defined as a conchoid. • conchoidal adj. (Mineralogy, of a fracture) Irregular, with planar, concentric curves, similar to those on a mussel shell. • conchoidal adj. (Mineralogy, of a mineral) That fractures with planar concentric curves (e.g., as flint, chert or obsidian). |
DECASTICHS | • decastichs n. Plural of decastich. • DECASTICH n. a ten-line poem. |
DECKCHAIRS | • deckchairs n. Plural of deckchair. • deck-chairs n. Plural of deck-chair. • deck␣chairs n. Plural of deck chair. |
DIACHRONIC | • diachronic adj. Occurring over or changing with time. • diachronic adj. Of, pertaining to or concerned with changes that occur over time. • DIACHRONIC adj. of the study of a subject (esp. a language) through its historical development, as opposed to synchronic. |
DIARCHICAL | • diarchical adj. Of or pertaining to a diarchy. • DIARCHICAL adj. relating to a diarchy, rulership by two people, also DIARCHAL, DIARCHIC, DYARCHICAL. |
DICHOGAMIC | • dichogamic adj. Relating to dichogamy. • DICHOGAMIC adj. relating to dichogamy, an arrangement for preventing the self-fertilization of hermaphrodite flowers. |
DOCHMIACAL | • DOCHMIACAL adj. pertaining to, or containing, the dochmius, also DOCHMIAC. |
DYARCHICAL | • DYARCHICAL adj. relating to a diarchy, rulership by two people, also DIARCHAL, DIARCHIC, DIARCHICAL, DYARCHIC. |
MISCHANCED | • mischanced v. Simple past tense and past participle of mischance. • MISCHANCE v. to happen amiss. |
RADICCHIOS | • radicchios n. Plural of radicchio. • RADICCHIO n. (Italian) a purple-leaved variety of chicory from Italy. |
SACCHARIDE | • saccharide n. (Biochemistry) The unit structure of carbohydrates, of general formula CnH2nOn. Either the simple sugars… • SACCHARIDE n. a carbohydrate, a compound of sugar. |
SACCHAROID | • saccharoid adj. (Mineralogy) Having a texture like granulated sugar. • saccharoid n. (Biochemistry) A polysaccharide that resembles a sugar, often insoluble and not sweet. • SACCHAROID adj. like loaf sugar in texture, also SACCHAROIDAL. |